but for africa as, as a, as a nation, africa, as a unit, africa, as one. i feel i feel i feel very, very down emotional right now because he was from somebody that almost everybody liked, especially the kids to love him. well, let now speak to the reverend pizza story. he was friends with desmond tutu for 35 years. and as the former president of the south african council of churches, he joined us now from cape town. a great deal has been said about archbishop 22, but i wanted to ask you about his fearlessness and his determination that equality, compassion and humanity prevail of oppression. what was at the core of that? i think that it's hard for some people easy for people to love desmond, but not always easy to understand what drove him. we live in a secular age and so people may be find it a little difficult to, to understand somebody who was essentially a biblical profit. somebody who's passion for justice, passion for, for tenderness, passion for humanity. these things, these things rose, not from some ideology, read from a deep, deep spirituality an

and extremely unusual here in south africa. so he became somewhat of a thorn in the side of some leaders of the anc who still greatly respected him, but found him, as his daughter said, an equal opportunity irritant. >> and on that point, a decision by the late president mandela to appoint him to chair the truth and reconciliation commission that body, which is often attempt tobd replicated in other wartorn areas, but his role there and the fact he did that job was essential in many ways to the sort of south africa of today and the peace of today. >> reporter: it was an extraordinary role, and you saw the weight of it on his shoulders. that many months of witness testimony, of questioning of those who committed the atrocities of apartheid and those who lived through it or family disappeared because of apar apartheid. i remember clearly when desmond tutu, chair of the reconciliation commission, himself broke down. he was a small man, but he had broad shoulders in terms of dealing with the weight and the pain of events in south a

a revolutionary and cold war africa is out now. thank you so much, brian. for coming on just before we get to the man man himself, we were talking to the information minister of mammography. now advising safeguard afi, a head of christmas eaves elections in libya. m. e category me denies. any libyan involvement in the assassination of thomas and kara, before we get to who he is, why in your book do you claim a lots of links to were there? so the statements, one saying the elimination of st. kara was on the market of his raider, where do you get all that from given? we've had this denial. yeah, i mean, i've, i've, you know, read through a lot of u. s embassy cables and talk to revolutionary leadership. a lot of the colleagues of thomas and kara from us, the car's uncle was the listen car was actually the birkenau bay ambassador to libya during the revolution and was, was very close to, lot of the action was going on there. and we know is it, you know, some cars relationship changed over time was cut off the, i mean, initially cannot be tried to, you know, he

they all companies in south africa trying to develop their own vaccines. but as long as pharmaceutical companies refuse to share information on vaccines, the rollout of african manufactured vaccines will take far longer from either mila for inside storage. hannah's book, ah, let's not bring in our guest. joining us from johannesburg is helen reese's, the chair of the regional immunization, technical advisory for africa, for the world health organization. for my robi and my bonnie co founder of cove. it kenya? that's an association which use a social media to create awareness of coven 19 issues. also from johannesburg, karsten know co, a lawyer with an interest in human rights and global health issues. thank you so much for speaking to us. on inside story helen reese from a start with u. as we've been reporting millions of vaccines have now been dispersed across the african continent. yet vaccination rate stand at around 7.3 percent. with many countries, in fact, hovering around one percent, that's according to data from the african centers for disease cont

but for africa as, as a, as a nation, africa, as a unit, africa, as one. i feel i feel i feel very, very down emotional the right now because he was some somebody that almost everybody liked, especially the kids to love him. turn a howl. looks back at desmond to to life. ok. this is jasmine to, to hearing the news that nelson mandela would soon be released. he was seldom one to contain his feelings. it just triggered me off this to twos responses, head of south africa, the truth and reconciliation commission on hearing details of atrocities committed by both sides. if not to mention, then we'll look at the black desmond and p low to to was born in a mining town outside johannesburg. at a time of strict segregation, things would get much worse. as he grew up to 2 was 17. when the national party came to power in 1948, racial inequality became law. apartheid. he wanted to be a doctor, but became a teacher instead witnessing 1st hand the government's policy of depriving black south africans of education, consigning them to servitude. and the protests that foll

in johannesburg, our africa correspondent sent this report. reporter: behind their masks, south africans have watched the omicron varia's bear -- spread through this country. the early data is now being widely interpreted as encouraging. take the number of people needing oxygen and intensive care in the city where omicron was first detected. >> in the past three weeks, about two out of every three patients admitted for cases of severe illness. right now we have only one out of four cases that is severe. a marked difference. so it looks like at this stage, early days in, we don't want to over interpreted, but the signs are certainly looking good. reporter: that applies to other important indicators, too. >> this is the first wave, the second wave, the third wave. comparing the fourth wave in south africa with other waves, we see less mortality rate than the other waves. we just make a comparison, i would say there is no need to be worried. reporter: you do need to be careful when comparing south africa and britain, the population here is far yo

i think desmond tutu was one of south africa's and africa's great model leaders. people tend to forget, even in the 1970s and '80s, he criticized the apartheid government, but he also criticized the abuses by black liberation movements like anc and black leaders. he did that consistently. although he stayed popular. sometimes, you know, the black leaders were very annoyed with him because he criticized them when they messed up. he did exactly the same after the end of apartheid. on the second day or of the first week of the mandela government, 1994, he roundly criticized nelson mandela and the anc for setting the same apartheid state benefits as the party leaders. he said, look, the majority of black south africans are very poor. and for the new government, anc government, to accept the same benefits, it sent the wrong moral message. when the corruption increased in the anc government, he was very critical, consistently very critical of the anc government. >> if we look at the most recent government, of course, zumo, anc, all of these things did he continue to be

. ♪ >> could vaccine hesitancy derail africa's battle against covid-19? hundreds of millions of jabs are arriving at last, but africans are reluctant to get one. what is needed to turn things around? this is "inside story." ♪ hello and welcome to the program. developing nations in africa have waited months for covid-19 vaccines as richer countries hoarded supplies. the shots are arriving. the world health organization says 430 million doses have been delivered continent wide so far, but only 7% of africa's 1.3 billion population is fully inoculated, far behind the rest of the world. the w.h.o. wants 70%, but that is not expected to happen for another three years. hesitancy to get jabs is another problem. south africa delayed shipments from both pfizer and johnson & johnson because of concerns its stockpile may expire before being used. our correspondent found similar issues in senegal. correspondent: a precious and life-saving vaccine free of cost, and yet no one at this vaccination center wants to take it. some passerby's ask if the vaccine will make t

but for africa as, as, as a, as a nation, africa as a unit, africa, as one. well, we also know, of course, that tributes have been coming in around the world to say what have been the international reaction to desmond to, to his desk is now clear that there's $1.00 to $2.00 ties to quite a number of lives across the globe. a condolences have been pouring in from different corners of this world from former president of the current president, government officials and day 9 government eloquent possessions and check what is all of them shouting praises for the wake of that you did in liberating south africa and ada this is in the well you have it a lot of also encouraging at comments or reaction that coming from the vatican. the vatican, despite the re, is a men who was committed in promoting risha equality and also to cause leash in which he brought in south africa when was sharing the food and dad justice commission. let us hear how some of the good at lou does across the world have described him. he was just a wonderful, wonderful man, and we can only celebrat

thank the missionaries for bringing the bible to africa and clipping. you know, we take it quite seriously here. the bible is your 3rd of bible to revolution. that was the handbook to revolution and the several time. thank you so much for insight. on the passing of south africa's anti apartheid liter. archbishop desmond to, to thank you for having me. let's turn out a, some of the other stories making headlines around the world. the bodies of 16 iraqi kurdish migrants who drowned in the english channel in november have been returned to build the capital of iraqi kurdistan. 27, margaret stock when they're digging, deflated as they tried to make the crossing from france to britain. at least 16 other migrants have drowned after their boat capsized in the gnc. off the greek on and of paris. dozens more survive to disaster and were taken to the island. it's not clear why the boat overturned this is the 3rd deadly incident in less than a week. saudi led coalition has launched large scale air strikes on rebels. held the areas and yemen, killing several people

build up connectivity in africa as well as in other parts of the world. from the chinese perspective we welcome genuine investments in infrastructure and connectivity. host: luisa, we have heard china welcomes the competition, but is wary of the political undertones of this. do you see political undertones in the global gateway initiative? >> no, i think it is clear the model is different than the chinese model. it is based on transparency, reciprocity, but definitely maybe these principles are not totally in line with what china wants. we have always been very clear, we have infrastructure in place that was built under development road initiative. i think it does not make sense to create parallel initiatives when we have infrastructure there. it makes sense that we create connections. if we do this and the mobile gateway with european money we need to do it with european rules, and these european rules based on sustainable development , the respective social rights, environmental rights and climate change, if we do under these conditions i do not see why

africa as a unit, africa as one. i feel very, very, very down emotionally right now because he was somebody that almost everybody liked, especially the kids. they love him. we are very sad. very sad. it was a real shock to us. he was a great man. yes, somebody to look up to. we are really going to miss him. i've been speaking to drjohn sentamu, the former archbishop of york — who knew desmond tutu well. i asked him what made desmond tutu such an effective campaigner against apartheid. i think it will be what he himself would say, that his feet were firmly on the ground, but always looking to the horizon of hope. he was like a bird. when birds fly, they take off, always the feet are pointing downwards. that's why they are able to land properly. and for him, he was so rooted in christ that he feared nothing. he always had this amazing faith, and a monk in south africa, tutu's mother was the housekeeper, and as he said as a young boy he could not understand why a white man, every time his mother came into the house, h

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ah, and one of africa's old anti colonial anthems. the congolese rumba, gets major international recognition ah color, we've got more very heavy rain pushing across the monterey peninsula. the northeast lea monsoon driving those heavy showers toward sir norman parts of the militia fell in areas of thailand. for the parts of pandora chasing some very heavy rain. recently mary's of sumatra sinks and big downpours. and that clump of stones will continue to rattle away through. you see that line where we have the monsoon trough extend some very heavy right over to a central and southern parts of the philippines. nor the marys of borneo could see some flash flooding as we go through sunday. as that rain really begins to pass. pop the usual rash, ask for much of malaysia into indonesia stretching the way across northern parts of australia. and here we do have a, a tropical storm, which has developed is this sauce off in the gulf, a carpet terry. and now making its way into the policy. this is tropical storm seth . it should stay largely off

in asia, africa, the middle east and latin america. they, you is china's biggest trading partner and the project was allow it to promote its geopolitical influence. aging has extended its own reach during the 8 years since it launched its own initiative. while the belts ruined program a force in 2013 its president, cd and kings signature project to connect china to the rest of the world. beijing is investing more than $800000000000.00 over $13000.00 projects. 165 countries in return, china gets access to the wrong materials. it needs to few its growth. but critic say the initiative has pushed many countries deeply into debt. well, the european commission president, since the book will be a trusted partner and will provide high quality projects, we want to take a different approach. we want to show that a democratic value driven approach can deliver on the most pressing challenges. we want to show that it can on one hand, meet not local needs, but also on the other hand, to tackle the global challenges we have. and thus, in a way also o

south africa, nobel peace prize winner desmond to to her side at the age of 90. it was appointed the 1st black archbishop of cape town and became known by his vocal opposition to the countries apartheid system. human rights groups are accusing the amount military of committing a massacre. the charge remains of $38.00 people have been found in kaya said the save the children charity says 2 of its staff, a missing in the area. also the palestinian red crescent says israeli forces in just 240 protested mere novels. security forces, fire gaff lines on munition and rubber coated steel, bullets of the crown tension, spain escalating to palestinians killed in an israeli settlers on december. the 6th in the cave in 19 pandemic, and the airlines have to false and cancel flights to ship because of stat shortages us airlines alone called of a further 900 flights on saturday, bringing the total number of constellations globally 36000. the highly transmissible mccomb barian has seen an increase in employee sickness. airlines calling on governments to reduce the length of cove

it is an enormous loss for south africa. but desmond tutu's irrepressible sense of humour and relentless pursuit ofjustice will long be remembered by all. let's get more now from our nomsa maseko, whojoins us live from soweto, outside desmond tutu's home. what has been the reaction from people in south africa to the news of his death?— people in south africa to the news of his death? really sad news, the -aassin of of his death? really sad news, the passing of desmond _ of his death? really sad news, the passing of desmond tutu. - of his death? really sad news, the passing of desmond tutu. a - of his death? really sad news, the passing of desmond tutu. a lot. of his death? really sad news, the passing of desmond tutu. a lot of| passing of desmond tutu. a lot of people reflecting on his legacy and what he stood for as south africa's moral compass and unifying figure, who in fact outside his home people have come to pay their last respects, light a candle. we know that he hasn't lived in this house for a very long time. he d

africa. now the new mutation which was 1st detected in south africa, has been steadily spreading. a 40 countries reporting it, or the news train is said to be more contagious than previous ones, although at present is not thought to be any more deadly. scientists are welcome to adapt existing vaccines to fight the new strain. and a short time ago, i spoke with microbiologist, yorkie bussey. can you explain to us how the new strain works against one's immune system? so i'm looking very carefully and i know people are other people are also looking very carefully the data coming out of south africa to get a glimpse of what will happen in russia. and right now the growth of the, the spread of this wires against the background of immunity to delta does not do good. there is a very little date on that. unfortunately, so far, one piece of data when we have is that the people who got infected previously with delta are more likely to get re inspected with on the chrome compared to the people who are h

our africa correspondent andrew harding looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say we will be free. desmond tutu was an exuberant figure, an outspoken anglican priest who became one of the world's great moral voices. it was during south africa's long and violent struggle against white minority rule that he rose to prominence, condemning the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral. the system of this country is evil. with nelson mandela hidden away in prison, tutu soon became the face of south africa's struggle for freedom and forjustice. he leaves behind a legacy, one of the last of the generation of people who told us that apartheid was wrong and stood up for human rights everywhere. and he never stopped doing that. “119911, tutu was awarded the nobel peace prize and he used his global platform to criticise britain and america for being too soft on the apartheid government. eventually mandela was released, but the advent of democracy presented tutu with new challenges in a cou

. less than 10 percent of africa, or people in africa had been fully vaccinated. and that number is especially low when you compare it to other parts of the world. have a look at asia, europe with almost 2 thirds of its population, vaccinate it. 80. yeah, unfortunately, the such stark contrast when you compare africa to the rest of the world, but it's not just an issue of vaccine inequality. ross seen skepticism has been prevalent across africa, and many people are still hesitant to get the job. now, some governments are thinking about a possible solution. vaccine mandates. some of the copied 19 of may says that i put in place in can yeah, i that you have to have your mask on. you have to sunny days, you have to maintain social distance. the positivity rate in the country is at 1 point one percent, and that's an if, if you did the government talk to turn down some of the probably didn't measure that or put it the government has come up with a mac sin monday. we saved that. people had to be vaccinated, bite into 1st of december, and the minister of health said it i

it's been a huge backlash against south africa. the scientist they have taken to heart the, the lessons of his pandemic, which is we need to act really early. i was talking to one of the research to submit his work. and he says that because the planes have been stopped. he's having trouble now to get the re, agents that he needs to do the lab work that the whole world is waiting for. now to understand how dangerous despairing really is. so these travel bands have a really, really dangerous effect that accounts for over 70 percent of the emergence of alma kron has put the issue of vaccine inequity where it belongs on the news agenda. this 60 percent of people across the european union are vaccinated. compare that to a mere 3.4 percent across the african continent. scientists have long warned low vaccination rates, create conditions in which new variance can develop and thrive. there was no evidence and there may never be that south africa's vaccination rate, just 24 percent. at the time, alma crohn was 1st reported helped create the

i'm dead in obligates on developing nations in africa. have waited. months recovered. 19 vaccines as richer countries hoarded supplies. while that remains a problem, the shots are arriving. the world health organization says 430000000 doses have been delivered continent wide so far. but only 7 percent of africa's 1300000000 population is fully inoculated. far behind the rest of the world's b, w. h o 170 percent, but that's not expected to happen for another 3 years. hesitancy to get jobs is another problem. south africa has delayed shipments from both pfizer and johnson and johnson because of concerns it stock power may expire before being used, or correspond that nicholas hack found similar issues in senegal, a precious and life saving vaccine, free of cost. and yet, no one at this coven 19 vaccination center, in downtown to car, wants to take it. some passer buys, asked nurse, been dead yellow if the vaccine will make them sterile. others wonder if it will give them a heart attack? or if they'll go blind up despite her assurances the va

it is a loss, a 444 south africa. but definitely even the, the, the reaction that came from different people, it will show you how important this person is. president obama policy himself describing him as a person coming from enraged. and alicia, in the event and pointed generation in terms of the contribution that he made, and the ness emma de la foundation describing him and as an extract what not human being showing exactly that to a divide. would that be contributed south africa? no one else, adequate, would feel that his shoes, that was dw correspondent to so kamala, in johannesburg speaking to us on the death and legacy of desmond to to in other news. now the bodies of 16 iraqi kurdish migrants who drowned in the english channel in november have been returned to the capital of iraqi kurdistan. 27 migrants died as their de deflated when they tried to make the dangers crossing from france to britain. it's been described as the worst disaster on record involving migrants, trying to cross the channel they left sear

i know at the stage a suite of these increasing number is in south africa. however, the stability of the cost disability and also the impact of the video that we know on the, on the, on the people he's not aware that to find out the woman to take some weeks to deter mine. i mean, what conclusion it on the and going on goes in the next. but also what do you want to know that to me for the past 2 years and there be a reinforced across the region and articulately conscious? it's not enough. i'm confused. i think that was a kind of p and yeah, you know, for he detected these new are the end of the virus and i do declare all of these it can help us to what me wonder if it's quite a bit concerned with them. when we see the id number is in the meantime, we are going to see the situation as of now, you know, the only one or for one person i see currently the audio by some of it. so at this point, we are observing this, which we are trying to understand the need to get more of the behavior of these variants now on the, on behalf of the people and just leave it as muc

we don't even hear about africa except as regards charity and and g o z. and basically they're poor. we see the loads of menus, 4th largest, a gold exporter in, in africa, and i'm sure they will be campaigns, given the 2700000 have been forced to free their homes, 30 and 4400000 in need of humanitarian assistance. today, ad of ad of christmas, you're gonna have to tell us a, you know, the pandemic m. hm. capitalized concern about i m f, restructuring plans of health services, who, who was thomas and kara, and why i suppose most relevant today to the global south as we suffolk, sharon of iris. why did he detest the idea of age from rich countries? i think that it was, you know, part of his policy to, you know, bring about a fair society. right. and so he had a vision that was very global and orientation. he saw the poverty, you know, in his country being rude and corruption that facilitated by french, neo colonialism by extension. what, what he called imperialism which is to say, the capitalist world economy. and so, you know, he was fighting in the ways in

together, south africa could have endedin together, south africa could have ended in bloodshed with the defence of white rule and the refusal to accept the end of apartheid, and even when mandela was about to become president there was always a danger that there would be civil war breaking out across south africa and tutu and mandela pleaded with people to put the recriminations behind and to put the recriminations behind and to reconcile, and that's why he chaired the truth and reconciliation commission. he was very honest and nobody dumb like many people did not tell the truth and he complained about that but he wanted people to find a way to live together. he was somebody who represents the best of human nature but equally somebody who had a vision of a world where people, despite any ideological and other differences, could come together and recognised they had more in common than what divided them. that is his legacy, that he wants people are different colours and different religions and different ideologies to find a way to work together. it’s different ideologies to find a way

ready led to camp to south africa, the ambassador. the thing about the archbishop is that he always had a fierce urgency of now about various struggles. whether it was the anti apartheid struggle, the global struggle against oppression and injustice and economic disparities. his work on the front lines of the queue that his work goes speaking up on behalf of the struggle of palestinians who was always immersed in that invested. but he always knew how to have a good time. he could never finish a story or a joke because he would just break up with his own a sense of and joy and given this extraordinary man, absolutely i. it was an urgency that very much from maine to the end of his very long life. i'm curious to know when it was that you met him initially because he was quite late late. i a sense when talking about commenting about and getting involved in political issues in south africa. and he spoke about how it was actually his trips to other countries and especially the united kingdom. and i guess also to the united states that gave

was green peace africa. we definitely believe that fossil fuels belong in our past and we're clearly in the midst of climate crisis. and i'm, we have really good renewable energy resources in africa, which we believe we should be exploiting. and, and show has just that a really bad judgment made against it, saying that it's carbon emissions are very significant and they should be reduced. so we don't believe shell should be exploring for oil and gas, not along the coast of south africa, not any. and the distinct from greenpeace africa joining us from johannesburg latin . thank you. still to come in this news, our close encounters in space, china lodge, a complaint with the un space agency against the space ex founder human mass will tell you why. and we put to the test, the new material which itself waste and could save the forests to lessen sport know me of soccer signals, her intent to return to top level tennis ah hello. it's shaping into a warm, very warmer, entered to the year across. so western parts o

i v in sub saharan africa. but 2 thirds of them on anti retroviral medication, which them for pulling ill and help them to live with the virus aah! on the vaccine front, polio has been eradicated and a new vaccine for malaria is supposed to reduce the number of malaria cases and children. ah, in the midst of the global corona, virus pandemic, however, many people are lamenting the fact that the vaccines which are meant to cup the spread of credit 19 reach, the african continent laughed. ah, the w h rector tedra. deborah, yes. who's had repeatedly called unwritten nations to help poor countries speculate their population. but despite this, there has been no widespread outrage over the unequal distribution of the vaccines . so if you want to hear more about the differing health system, you can watch us 50 based on. but when i talk to health practitioners, i'm canyon trying to access the corporate 19 vaccines. i may have quite a bit to say why you paid the 77 percent, and you can watch them if we've learned one th

and we do see increasing trending on the current in south africa. the army kron variance of corona virus fuels a 4th wave in south africa, the world health organization. since the strain appears to be more infectious, but there's no need to panic, awe alone. welcome on pete, adobe. you're watching al jazeera life from the also coming up. iran's chief negotiator tells our to 0 that world powers must accept its proposals during talks in vienna. if it wants to revive the nuclear deal, ukraine warns russia could launch a military offensive by the end of next month. moscow says that's nonsense. also, i had more desperate times to come. for many refugees in greece, stuck in the bitter cold was the government restricts food and money. ah, south africa has entered a 4th wave of corona virus driven largely by the army cron variance of corona virus . the government says it has the resources to deal with the search in cases, but infections are growing. officials are concerned about the number of children on to 5 who are being at mr. hospital for me to miller r

regionally across africa, he played a huge role as well. pm across africa, he played a huge role as well.— role as well. an immense role, es, role as well. an immense role, yes. indeed- — role as well. an immense role, yes, indeed. he— role as well. an immense role, yes, indeed. he was, - role as well. an immense role, yes, indeed. he was, for- yes, indeed. he was, for example, the president of the all african council of churches. headquartered in kenya, nairobi. but he was a man for the youth, the young people. hejelled with him and he resonated and he understood their dreams, their aspirations, so he was a man who was loved right across africa. in fact, the headquarters of the african council of churches, desmond tutu house. and an unconventional man with a cracking sense of humour? tremendous, almost a wicked sense of humour. he was absolutely amazing. i recall one incident when he and the archbishop were meeting, and archbishop were meeting, and archbishop to him," are you trying to sound sexy?" three of us just burst out laughing

he's a political common faces specializing in the hell and west africa. first the, let's talk to us or tim tory, he's a member of the coalition of the african patriots of mccain. affonso and he joins us now on the line for me was good to go. good to have you with those asset t, and sorry, i understand that you're protesting the french presence in the saw how region just explained to us why. why are you protesting against frances military presence in burkina faso evolve, evolve. let me come back in and be in decide this as a fact was that that fits in. busy but it's not possible it's. busy just been that it's. busy not about it, not please don't publish it. that is many on the war series. and this, the iran, our company name is on the home and they live right every day. and i'm sorry to jump in, you talk about her life is hard. there is no foods, and there is a threat of violence. do you think the french military is, is helping a tall young, the young people. but also i've decided the lights are fine. should minutes are equal. we know many, many, many, man

are in sub-saharan africa. 91% of hiv-positive children in the world live in africa. a million people die of aids related illness in africa each year. to talk more on this, we are joined by a unicef advisor on hiv and aids across west and central africa. thank you for being with us. it is the fight against hiv and aids being one? the statistics in africa are awful, but do you feel the battle has been one? -- won? guest: we can say as we mark world aids day this december that 40 years in this pandemic, the children are the ones who are paying the highest price in this pandemic. we can record significant progress in access to hiv prevention and treatment services for others. we cannot record the same progress for children. i think if the battle is win -- won, it has to be one for children first. mark: there is a gap between the rich countries and the poor countries. in a rich country, someone can have the right call tell -- cocktail of drugs that can give them an untraceable level of virus. in a poor country, that will not be the case, and the children will get the wors

in the case of africa today. we know that if any in this i read it and he's going to be in. if it continues to be trying to using military life, even though it has to rely on a and b c from a framework that really this african problems will have to be fixed by itself under the african and the regional organizations, such as the economy, community and there are military friends work for b, a g to be handed the policies in order to address the only other as long as the political and development current g from within these countries are addressed you with before i give you the benefit from the reach of the countries in africa, countries, in the case of france, i believe a france is taking too much, it can trying to control or african nation and that one doesn't have to come up with in the order of one. i do believe we need to have a class with a, a it will continue on and on and on like it is done in other 40 and the on the line there. and it will be a real quick. that means you put the financial means that we have with well, if you need the clause not done with the rest of the

in fact, the numbers are fluctuated in south africa. but according to the africa, cdc, the increase or the average increase in new infections in southern africa, alone over about a 4 week period has been 203 percent. so yes, they continues to be that concern around just how contagious this variant is. but because the south african leafs, verse and sciences and authorities here are, seems fewer people in the hospital and when they are in hospital, they stay for a very short time. and they're also seeing very few debts, the highest number at those point of the 4th wave in south africa has been 99 deaths in one day, and that is far less than what was experienced previously. so they are cautiously optimistic, but also they are saying in south africa there's a particular context. it may be around the vaccination rate, which is at 44 percent, not terribly high, but you've also got people were previously infected and may have the antibodies to fight off the new variant, even though there was concern about an escape around immunity. zimbabwe en

especially in west africa. and so we also have to acknowledge, you know, the neighboring countries i quoted for and molly were very concerned about the threat of the revolution. this, of the contagion of the revolution lead lake and they come out of your book as the u. s, proxies i have to fay and you, you know, it's, i might say you're suspiciously nice to the cia in the sense that they see he's capricious with good afternoon libya. gorbachev doesn't like him very much and ok, washington politicians don't, likes ankara, but he doesn't pose a threat to cia activities in africa. i mean, you know, this is an extension of your foreign policy and we know that during the reagan administration, i mean, they just effort to roll back the so called threat of communism. and so they saw san car, you know, hanging out. fidel castro remark adolphe and they were alarm, and so of the americans and for the french, you know, the red line was really the expansion of libyan influence. and so they took, they took their, their, the

we begin in south africa... archbishop desmond tutu, who helped end the racial segregation and discrimination of the apartheid era, has died aged 90. a friend of nelson mandela, he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1984 for his role in ending white minority rule. the south african president, cyril ramaphosa, said the death marked another chapter in the nation's farewell to a "generation of outstanding south africans". 0ur africa correspondent, andrew harding, looks back at his life. raise our hands and we say, we will be free! desmond tutu was a man of hope. a south african priest who became one of the world two great moral voices. it was during south africa's long private struggle against white minority rule that desmond tutu rose to prominence. a diminutive priest, defying the apartheid government, comparing them to the nazis. the system of this country, apartheid, is immoral! the system of this country is evil! while nelson mandela was imprisoned for decades, desmond tutu became the face and voice of south

he said it's a slap in the face of south africa and southern african nations and africa as a whole. he repeated something u.n. secretary-general anthony guterres said, punishment for warning the world of this new variant of the coronavirus. >> it was interesting to note, in fact that they did praise south africa, yet i want to ask you what the plan is now for south africa in terms of the low vaccination rate. are there signs they might have some success in getting more people vaccinated? >> reporter: so there are people who are hesitant, for whatever reason, either because they have consumed misinformation. one pharmacist i was speaking to yesterday told me in the last 18 to 24 months, misinformation and conspiracy theories have won, science has lost. people were hesitant because they have consumed some things from the internet. there's conservative american talk shows and commentators who are quite influential here in south africa. and that makes its way into the general population. the government is encouraging south africans to get vaccinated. in fact, it has started a vaccine ma

of south africa. it was unexpected and the new the archbishop had been battling prostate cancer for about two decades but certainly was not expecting he would die because it feels as though south africa still needs them. find feels as though south africa still needs them-— needs them. and he was widely credited with _ needs them. and he was widely credited with coining _ needs them. and he was widely credited with coining the - needs them. and he was widely j credited with coining the phrase rainbow nation, something that so perfectly captured what south africa became after apartheid.— became after apartheid. indeed, it was all about _ became after apartheid. indeed, it was all about south _ became after apartheid. indeed, it was all about south africa's - became after apartheid. indeed, it was all about south africa's ethnic| was all about south africa's ethnic diversity and the differences between black—and—white that he tried to unify, even through his work as commissioner and the truth an

and medina, south africa is also approved in johnson. and johnson is vaccine to be used for the booster jabs. for more on this story, let's bring in for me to mila who's alive for us in johanna. big hello. that for me, that tell us a little bit more about the study in south africa and how we can be cautiously optimistic. all experts so far are saying that it could potentially be promising in terms of just how sick people get or rather the how, perhaps not severely they become ill. they become a given that, that yes on the crime does appear to spread very quickly. there's been a to under an 8 percent increase in infections in southern africa loan in the last 4 weeks. so the is that increase in numbers for that is also coming from a low base. but what they're also pointing out is that the rate of hospitalizations as well as deaths are significantly lower compared to the 2nd and 3rd waves in south africa, specifically. but they're also saying that this isn't a specific contact context. and what happens in south africa may not necessarily ap

ros: the focus in south africa is the most populated province. cases have been increasing by over 375% week on week. three quarters of them are omicron. however, we know that while infections are going up steeply, hospitalizations have only slightly increased. and it is only eight days that south africa reported this variant to the world health organization, so there is still much to learn about the variant. here is one of the top infectious disease experts. >> there are more mutations, particularly around the spike protein, around the areas where neutralizing antibodies bind. therefore it is likely that we will see increased reinfeion's. what it does not say is, across all variance up until now, and i don't think there is anything to suggest that this will not be the case for omicron, that the vaccines will protect against severe disease, hospitalization, and death, which is the primary aim of the vaccines. ros: early evidence suggests omicron is more transmissible. next, let's look at what kind of sickness it causes. >> in terms of who is affec

in western and eastern africa, parts of central africa. that the countries who have had the least amount of access to vaccines in the anti up and make among the countries were being punished the most for then supposedly perhaps originating oh, detecting a variant in the region. and i think that part of it is something we need to be really concerned about. regina talked about anti virus builds from luck and provide the much less well, it turns out than we thought it would defy the bill. we hope might work as well as the say it will. these bill actually have much better access provisions than vaccine. so between $95.00 in $105.00 countries around the world, many low income countries, including in south africa, we have access to these through an arrangement with the medicine space. and because these companies have allowed, in the reason the same company, for instance, like fighter, if not doing the same thing for its vaccine, which is good feasibly also due to other companies to have the manufacture them at the same time is because they have